Alexander Badawy

Alexander Badawy (November 29, 1913 – May 1986)^[1] was an Egyptian Egyptologist. He was born in Egypt and taught Egyptology in the USA. He was professor emeritus of art history at UCLA, and when he retired he endowed a chair (in 1985) at Johns Hopkins University, currently held by Betsy Bryan.^[2]

Selected publications

• Coptic Art and Archaeology: The Art of the Christian Egyptians from the Late Antique to the Middle Ages, 1978
• Architecture in Ancient Egypt and the Near East, 1966
• A history of Egyptian architecture

References

1. University of California: In Memoriam, 1987
2. jhu.edu ALEXANDER BADAWY CHAIR IN EGYPTIAN ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY